Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full: The Platinum Edition (2CD) (1998) {4th & B'Way/Island Chronicles}

 

Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full: The Platinum Edition (2CD) (1998) {4th & B'Way/Island Chronicles}
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Genre: hip-hop, rap

Paid In Full: The Platinum Edition is the 1998 compilation of Eric B. & Rakim's 1987 debut album, Paid In Full. This is what Universal made before they also came out with a slightly different Deluxe Edition a few years later. Disc 1 is the original album while Disc 2 features different remixes of songs on the album. The Platinum Edition of Paid In Full was released on 27 October, 1998 by 4th & B'Way/Island Chronicles.

Hip-hop has always been a puzzle, and the two-CD "platinum edition" of 1987's classic Paid in Full reestablishes one of the genre's key pieces in proper context by combining the original 10-song tour de force with a companion collection of important remixes. From Eric B.'s Technics terrorism and sampling symphonies to Rakim's soulful, street-smart flow, Paid in Full is landmark science, a Ph.D. effort building on the early theories of New York City legends like the Sugarhill Gang and Grandmaster Flash. By featuring 10 remixes–including Coldcut's "Seven Minutes of Madness" treatment of the title track and the Wild Bunch's "Move the Crowd"–The Platinum Edition also highlights the duo's influence on DJ and club culture beyond the B-boy set.

CD 1 (THE ALBUM)
1. I Ain't No Joke
2. Eric B. Is On The Cut
3. My Melody
4. I Know You Got Soul
5. Move The Crowd
6. Paid In Full
7. As The Rhyme Goes On
8. Chinese Arithmetic
9. Eric B. Is President
10. Extended Beat

CD 2 (THE REMIXES)
1. Paid in Full (Seven Minutes Of Music - The Coldcut Remix)
2. I Know You Got Soul (The Richie Rich Mega-Mix)
3. Move The Crowd (The Wild Bunch Remix)
4. Paid In Full (Derek B.'s Urban Respray)
5. As The Rhyme Goes On (Pumpin' The Turbo - Chad Jay in Effect)
6. Move The Crowd (Beatmix By The Democratic 3 Featuring DJ Slack)
7. I Know You Got Soul (Acapella)
8. I Know You Got Soul (Dub)
9. Eric B. Is President (Dub)
10. My Melody (Dub)

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ORIGINAL ALBUM:
Produced by Eric B. & Rakim
Executive Producer: Robert Hill
Recorded and Mixed at Powerplay Studios, NY
Engineered by Patrick Adams & Elai Tubo
Track 3 remixed by Marley Marl

DISC 2 (THE REMIXES):
Track 1
Remix engineer: Raine Shine
Scratching by Matt Black & D.J. Cell

Track 2
Remix engineer: P.J. "Dynamix" Smith

Track 4
Remix engineer: Chief Engineer Scott

Track 8
Remix by Patrick Adams

Track 9
Remix by Marley Marl & M.C. Shan

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Compilation produced by Jerry Rappaport
Executive producer: Bill Levenson
Digitally remastered by Suha Gur at PolyGram Studios

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